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Jan. 9th, 2006 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuriteOkay, so I'm at school right now-- in the library, to be specific. I had to be here at school for my ITR University Help Desk position at 8am in the friggin' morning, and despite all my best efforts to go to bed at a reasonable hour last night and go straight to sleep, I failed miserably. You can just read the time when I posted all those WKDY review replies, and you'd see half the reason.
So yeah, I still have lots to do, but so far, so good. I'm probably going to be here all day learning the many different problems and solutions people run into when trying to work/use/break/eat a computer here on campus, or access campus programs and apps. At least I'm getting paid for all this, especially considering I'm limited to 20 hrs/week from the ITR when the semester actually starts. I'm planning on keeping the bookstore job, even if it pays less, because it gives more hours and is frankly an easier job.
We had a 2 hour break from 12:30 to 2:30, so I have a few minutes before I have to head downstairs again and start memorizing stuff. Despite getting lunch at Subway, I'm still feeling the tiredness, especially now in the afternoon. But this time, I have no choice but to fight it. I might be going home just before 5pm, but even so... no rest for the wicked! :O
Ugh, but seriously? 2 hours? I went to the Financial Aid office; I can't get an unsubsidized loan unless my parents get denied for a PLUS loan. That shaves $5000 or so off my expected financial aid. I really have to apply for a bunch of scholarships and loans now; I just HAD to pick the most expensive (culturally enriching, well worth every yen) program in IP! I also talked to the transcript officer; I can spend $14 or so and get 6 transcripts; one for CSUN's IP, one for Tokiwa, and the rest for the various scholarships I'm applying to, especially the Homeland Security one.
I also went to the bookstore and flipped my schedule; I have another day of training from 8am to god-knows-when on Wednesday, but the bookstore is on Tuesday (tomorrow) and Thursday. I pray I have Friday off. Something also tells me that ITR might throw a hissy fit over me working at the bookstore this week, but I told Chris O., my supervisor, and though he said this week was allotted for training, he didn't ever tell me what days, what times, FOR SURE. And since the bookstore DID bother to schedule me, I took the opportunity. I can rearrange if necessary, but like I said-- even menial, boring labor at the bookstore is easier than 8 hours of staring at a computer screen.
Seriously-- my eyes are dry. I have checked my email three times, read my Friends List twice, to make sure I was up-to-date, and now I'm updating myself. I've got to go in a few minutes, sit in front of another computer, and watch a Powerpoint presentation.
Augh, I want to sleep!
So yeah, I still have lots to do, but so far, so good. I'm probably going to be here all day learning the many different problems and solutions people run into when trying to work/use/break/eat a computer here on campus, or access campus programs and apps. At least I'm getting paid for all this, especially considering I'm limited to 20 hrs/week from the ITR when the semester actually starts. I'm planning on keeping the bookstore job, even if it pays less, because it gives more hours and is frankly an easier job.
We had a 2 hour break from 12:30 to 2:30, so I have a few minutes before I have to head downstairs again and start memorizing stuff. Despite getting lunch at Subway, I'm still feeling the tiredness, especially now in the afternoon. But this time, I have no choice but to fight it. I might be going home just before 5pm, but even so... no rest for the wicked! :O
Ugh, but seriously? 2 hours? I went to the Financial Aid office; I can't get an unsubsidized loan unless my parents get denied for a PLUS loan. That shaves $5000 or so off my expected financial aid. I really have to apply for a bunch of scholarships and loans now; I just HAD to pick the most expensive (culturally enriching, well worth every yen) program in IP! I also talked to the transcript officer; I can spend $14 or so and get 6 transcripts; one for CSUN's IP, one for Tokiwa, and the rest for the various scholarships I'm applying to, especially the Homeland Security one.
I also went to the bookstore and flipped my schedule; I have another day of training from 8am to god-knows-when on Wednesday, but the bookstore is on Tuesday (tomorrow) and Thursday. I pray I have Friday off. Something also tells me that ITR might throw a hissy fit over me working at the bookstore this week, but I told Chris O., my supervisor, and though he said this week was allotted for training, he didn't ever tell me what days, what times, FOR SURE. And since the bookstore DID bother to schedule me, I took the opportunity. I can rearrange if necessary, but like I said-- even menial, boring labor at the bookstore is easier than 8 hours of staring at a computer screen.
Seriously-- my eyes are dry. I have checked my email three times, read my Friends List twice, to make sure I was up-to-date, and now I'm updating myself. I've got to go in a few minutes, sit in front of another computer, and watch a Powerpoint presentation.
Augh, I want to sleep!
